A 400-character caption on Facebook Pages
Facebook Pages shows about the first 480 characters before "…more", so -80 of the 400 are hidden until someone taps. Put the hook in those first 480.
Facebook character counter
Facebook’s post text limit is 63,206 characters. Paste or type your text and this counter shows how many characters you have used and how many are left as you type, counting emoji and spaces the way Facebook does. It checks the same text against every other network at once, so you can see where one version fits. Facebook Pages posts take up to 63,206 characters, shows about 480 before "…more".
- Characters
- 138
- Words
- 20
- Hashtags
- 3
Fits on each platform
- X (Twitter)Post text · 280 max · weighted (links 23, emoji 2)142 left
- BlueskyPost text · 300 max162 left
- ThreadsPost text · 500 max362 left
- PinterestPin description · 800 max662 left
- Google Business ProfilePost description · 1,500 max1,362 left
- InstagramCaption · 2,200 max2,062 left
- TikTokCaption · 2,200 max2,062 left
- LinkedInPost text · 3,000 max2,862 left
- TelegramMessage text · 4,096 max3,958 left
- YouTubeDescription · 5,000 max4,862 left
- Facebook PagesPost text · 63,206 max63,068 left
How do you use the Facebook character counter?
- Paste or type your Facebook caption. Put your draft Facebook caption or post text into the box; nothing you type is uploaded anywhere.
- Read the Facebook row first. Find Facebook in the per-platform list to see its exact limit, the characters left, and whether you are over.
- Check every other platform too. Scroll the same list to see the identical caption measured against every other platform SkedCast supports, all in one pass.
- Watch words and hashtags. The summary above the list also counts total words and hashtags, so you can keep your hashtag set deliberate.
- Trim or write a platform-specific variant. If the Facebook row shows over-limit, shorten the caption or write a separate version just for Facebook instead of cutting every version to the tightest limit.
What are the Facebook Pages rules to know?
The limits SkedCast’s composer checks for Facebook Pages before a post goes out, read from the same rules table the composer uses.
| Text limit | 63,206 characters |
|---|---|
| How length is counted | As you see it: one emoji or accented letter counts as one character |
| Hashtags | No hashtag cap enforced |
| Where the caption is cut off in the feed | About 480 characters before "…more", so lead with the point |
| Text-only posts | Allowed |
| Links in the text | A pasted URL shows a link-preview card |
| First comment | Supported: SkedCast can post a first comment right after publishing |
| Images | up to 10 per post · JPEG, PNG · max 10 MB each · aspect ratio 9:16 to 16:9 |
| Video | up to 1 per post · MP4, MOV · up to 4 hours · max 10,240 MB · 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1 recommended |
Good to know
- Facebook can only post to Pages you administer — not to a personal profile/timeline.
- Facebook Reels must be a single vertical (9:16) video, roughly 3–90 seconds long.
- Facebook does not support polls via the API.
- You cannot mix photos and video in one Facebook feed post — a video must be the only media item.
- Facebook posts have no separate title field.
What does it look like in practice?
Facebook’s real character limit
Facebook’s post text limit is 63,206 characters, counted as what you see (grapheme clusters), including multi-part emoji, rather than raw code points. That is the same number shown in the counter’s Facebook row, and the same rule SkedCast’s own composer enforces before a post ships.
Facebook character counter FAQ
- What is Facebook’s character limit for a post text?
- Facebook’s post text limit is 63,206 characters, counted as what you see (grapheme clusters), including multi-part emoji, rather than raw code points. It updates automatically if Facebook changes the number, since the counter reads it from the same limit table SkedCast’s composer uses.
- Can I post text only on Facebook Pages?
- Yes. Facebook Pages accepts a text-only post, up to 63,206 characters.
- Will Facebook Pages cut off a long caption?
- In the feed, yes: Facebook Pages shows roughly the first 480 characters and hides the rest behind "…more", so put the hook and any call to action first.
- How many hashtags can a Facebook Pages post have?
- SkedCast enforces no hashtag cap for Facebook Pages; the practical limit is the 63,206-character text limit and what reads well.
- What happens to a link in a Facebook Pages post?
- The link counts at its real length, and Facebook Pages shows a link-preview card for it.
- Is this a separate counter built just for Facebook?
- It is the same counter as our general caption and character counter, which checks every network at once; this page explains Facebook’s own limits.
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